Specs

Favourite resort : Avoriaz

What’s your most unforgettable/epic run/mountain? We went hiking for 2h in La Chavanette to have a fresh run at the top of the mountain. We made all the new lines that day. The hike was really exhausting and difficult but in the end it was all worth it. Amazing day with amazing people. I’m never going to forget that moment.

Favourite snowboarding movie: The art of flight

Favourite apres-ski song: Bob marley – is this love 🙂 That song makes me happy because of the vibes

Celine Van Ballart

Skiing all the way!

About me

Favorite resort? Les Deux Alpes. It is basically my second home.

Epic? One of the most memorable runs is one of last year. I went for a tree run at the stash (Avoriaz) with a friend when all of a sudden he missed a turn and he ended up upside down in a tree, his board hanging over a branch.

Favourite après ski drink? I don’t really have a favorite drink, as long as it contains a little alcohol I’m happy.

Baggy or skinny? Baggy on the slopes, skinny off the slopes

Tijl Materman

Snowboard!

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Favorite resort? Verbier & Tignes

Epic? Small ski resort, don’t remember the name but a hell lot of snow!

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Favourite resort : Avoriaz or the dolomites, it has the most beautiful peaks

Epic moment? Hard to pick one. Every run contains a dose of epicness, especially when riding those slopes and pow with friends. In the end I enjoy each moment in the mountains, just to be in the most beautiful environment, climate and clean air… Perhaps we should all cherish those moment a bit more, it’s a privilege being able to stomp, slay, carve the white gold over and over again.

Best rider ever : Seppe Smits of course although Torstein Horgmo is one of my all-time favorites as well

Favourite apres-ski drink? Jagerthee when cruising in Austria, genepy when in the southern France alpes and beers elsewhere

Best apres-ski song? Tux, Tux, Hintertux!

Most stylish trick? Any slow spin till 7

Baggy or skinny? Baggy but not to much. Hate it when I step on my trousers all the time!

Specs

Favourite resort : Avoriaz

What’s your most unforgettable/epic run/mountain? We went hiking for 2h in La Chavanette to have a fresh run at the top of the mountain. We made all the new lines that day. The hike was really exhausting and difficult but in the end it was all worth it. Amazing day with amazing people. I’m never going to forget that moment.

Favourite snowboarding movie: The art of flight

Favourite apres-ski song: Bob marley – is this love 🙂 That song makes me happy because of the vibes

The Netherlands

Steffen van der Land

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Favourite resort? Spend most of my time in Mayrhofen, however there are a enough other great places! Wherever time,friends and oppurtunities bring me

Epic moment? Sunny powder runs with friends

Favorite apres ski drink? Just plain old beer for me

Favorite apres ski song? Hey Jude!!!! Lalalalaaaaaa….

The most stylish trick? Methods, eurocarves, backtails and loopings

Baggy or skinny? airblaster pants

Favorite snowboarding/ski movie? Robotfood, Isenseven

Jochem van Hessen

Snowboard

Specs

Favourite resort : Avoriaz

What’s your most unforgettable/epic run/mountain? We went hiking for 2h in La Chavanette to have a fresh run at the top of the mountain. We made all the new lines that day. The hike was really exhausting and difficult but in the end it was all worth it. Amazing day with amazing people. I’m never going to forget that moment.

Favourite snowboarding movie: The art of flight

Favourite apres-ski song: Bob marley – is this love 🙂 That song makes me happy because of the vibes

Other Countries

Beau Kamakawiwo'ole

Surf/Snowboard

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What is your most epic surfing moment? My youth brings about many epic surfing moments! Not that I am that old now, however I think when I was 17 this one particular day stood out like skittles on a white backdrop. Filled with astonishingly loud “yew’s” after this storm had rolled on by, two other friends and myself were rather shell shocked to see such perfection. I think everyone froths on their own home break when you score it amazing. Growing up in suffolk park, surrounded with a culture of grommets out there every morning and afternoon before school was my paradise. Yet, this perfect left from a wintery wisp of offshore after a bonkers lightning storm, two of my best friends out and no other to be seen, was with out a doubt an epic surfing moment.

Favourite wave/ Surf town? I have so many, but I would have to say my favourite wave when it is good or terrible would be the Pass, haha. Despite the dodging and weaving of the masses, a day when its firing and all of your friends are out there laughing and calling party waves on bomb sets, its hard not to giggle and enjoy the sport for what it is. Favourite surfing town that opens my heart up to a community feeling like I have at home would be Tofino in BC. Cold water kids there are freakishly good at riding energy lines, and have such level heads and open minds.

Favourite surfing movie?

Haha as a kid I loved Kelly Slater in Black and White on a video cassette. I ended up cooking it where my VCR chewed it up as I stop/ rewound (fastest way) it to see this back hand foam climb over and over. After that I resorted to still on VCR :(.

Funniest outfit you’ve stood on a plank with? I dont know if its the funniest, however I love surfing nude. It’s definitely amazing when its crowded in the bay or the Wreck, and you just strip off and put your board shorts in your vest, paddle out and just scope a bomb set. The necessity of punching soul arch, high lines and yodelling comes as a commodity when theres to much ego amongst one break. You would be surprised how much your birthday suit will get you waves.

Best rider? There are so many phenomenal surfers that I grown up up with in Byron Bay. Best rider award however goes to the Browne Brothers, attached at the hip they are talented. Rookie Beeyatch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igTKWthBAL8 and Rafael Brown have such a unique style, part of the Vouch surfing club established by Evan. Famous for their Ford Capri convertible, seven jet-ski’s, and Honda Spacey Scooter, these brothers are high rollers in the surfing community.

Tom Hubrecht (CAN)

Snowboard

Specs

Favourite resort : Avoriaz

What’s your most unforgettable/epic run/mountain? We went hiking for 2h in La Chavanette to have a fresh run at the top of the mountain. We made all the new lines that day. The hike was really exhausting and difficult but in the end it was all worth it. Amazing day with amazing people. I’m never going to forget that moment.

Favourite snowboarding movie: The art of flight

Favourite apres-ski song: Bob marley – is this love 🙂 That song makes me happy because of the vibes

Emma Polit (AUS)

Snowboard

About me

Favorite resort? Fernie Alpine Resort all the way!

Epic? My most unforgettable run was at Island Lake Cat-Skiing. I remember standing on top of the highest mountain looking out onto all of the Lizard Range wondering how I got so lucky to be right there at the moment about to drop into the most insane run of my life in knee deep pow. I’ll never forget the feeling of that moment!

Favourite après ski drink? Pink of Kokanee

Favourite apres ski song? Anything we can sing along too!

Baggy or skinny? Baggy

Most stylish move? Jeremy Jones being able to ride ridiculously vertical spine walls in the Himalayas. How he is able to get an edge and ride those line out is beyond comprehension!

Movie? My favourite snowboarding movie is actual a trilogy. It’s Jeremy Jones’ Deeper, Further, Higher series. Simply mind-blowing! I love that he’s bringing split boarding and human-powered adventure into the spot light. Mix that with his insane amount of courage and his determination to ride in the most remote places in the world and you’ve got the perfect ingredients for the best snowboarding moves ever!

Rian Lobb (AUS)

ski!

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Favorite resort? Fernie ski resort

Epic? Fernie – Golf course bowl!

Favourite apres ski drink? Schnapps

Favourite apres ski song? Animals – Mike Snow

Baggy or skinny? Baggy

Favourite snowboarding/ski movie? Art of flight

João Camâra (POR)

Snow- and Longboard

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Favorite resort : Riksgränsen, Grindelwald & Les Arcs

Most epic moment : with you guys, when we built that kicker in Grindelwald’s BackCountry!

Patsy Asep

Ski/snowboard

About me

Favorite resort? Loveland, Colorado. It’s a little Ma and Pa joint that hasn’t been touched by billions of dollars or any corporations. It’s one of the local hangouts and the highest peaks in Colorado. Epiccc.

Epic? Hands down-Vancouver, Canada. I was snowboarding down the mountain, overlooking the city, meanwhile, the sun was setting on the ocean and I could see for miles. I felt truly blessed to be experiencing such a surreal moment in nature.

Favourite après ski drink? Aduhhhh..BEER!

Favourite après ski song? LCD-Dance Yrself Clean.

Best rider ever? Me, obviously!

Baggy or skinny? Baggy, I like to keep the boys guessing about my junk size.

Mathew Milard (AUS)

Snowboard addict.

Specs

Favourite resort : Fernie BC Canada

What’s your most unforgettable/epic run/mountain? ne that comes to mind was a blue bird day in 07 in Fernie after a 40cm dump overnight. Hundreds of people lined up waiting for the rope to drop and Currie bowl to open. It was a very festive atmosphere and it was nice to shred with so many people on a high. (maybe not some peoples idea of a great run but it was a blast and I still remember it vividly.)

Favourite snowboarding movie: The art of flight is hard to beat

Favourite apres ski drink: really cold beer

Favourite apres-ski song: ride the storm by carl kennedy vs roachford

Most stylish trick? I much prefer to watch big mountain lines than tricks so ill say a big cliff drop is always a winner for me.

Best rider? Travis Rice

Kevin Nizi (US)

Snow- and Longboard

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Favorite resort : Riksgränsen, Grindelwald & Les Arcs

Most epic moment : with you guys, when we built that kicker in Grindelwald’s BackCountry!

About

We are Val and Tim, two nomads with a big passion for adventure sports, especially riding pow. We want to create and share unforgettable moments in the mountains with you in our unique hostel on wheels.